So what did I do with all that blood I made? I was a Halloween Zombie (click on the above picture to see a bigger version). I had a good time walking around with a young witch. I think she was a little disgusted that I got a lot of attention. It can get pretty tiring doing that lurching zombie walk for a long time. A few people wanted to have their photo taken with me, though the guy who put his arm around me found that blood can be sticky.
Take a a quarter cup of corn starch
Add a quarter cup of water
Add 8 drops blue food coloring. Green may work as well
Add 3 teaspoons of red food coloring
Add a pint of light corn syrup
Stir well. It seems very dark, but on flesh it looks good.
Put back in the bottle for later use
A house round the corner has Halloween decorations up at the end of September.
The concept:
I smeared my face with vaseline and Amy covered my face with plaster bandages.
The beak has a base made of wired mesh.
The beak and the rest of the mask are covered in more plaster bandages
The mask is held in place by elastic bands. The mask is so close fitting that the elastic presses into me.
Amy glued feathers to the mask.
The body of the costume is a coat from a thrift store. The back is cut away to make a tail. Amy made huge feathers out of black fabric, stiffened with wire. She also made the talons which attach to my shoes.
When we went trick or treating kids would recognize what I was and say hello crow. This is a great feeling, the same thing happened last year when I was Gandalf. After a while I got more confident and started to shout caw and flap my wings.
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